Community, health, education & environment through gardening​

Lennox Community Gardens was founded in 2015 by a group of local volunteers who were interested in promoting the principles of:
Community spirit
  • Provide food security and ongoing access to affordable organic food
  • Provide a central hub for people to meet and get to know their neighbours
  • Offer a central outdoor setting for community events
  • Increases passive surveillance and reduce crime
  • Support charities through the provision of excess food
Good health
  • Provide access to a diverse range of fresh, nutrient-dense food
  • Provide opportunities for exercise and motivate people to stay active longer
  • Reduce stress and increase sense of wellbeing
  • Reduce exposure to chemical fertilizers and pesticides​​
Sharing of knowledge
  • Reconnect individuals with the source of their food
  • Encourage inter-generational sharing of knowledge
  • Provide an outdoor classroom setting for informal learning
  • Demonstrate effective organic waste management techniques (e.g. worm farms, composting)
Environmental sustainability
  • Reduce food miles associated with transporting food
  • Provide habitat for wildlife
  • Enhance biodiversity
  • Encourage bees and other pollinators
  • Reduce soil erosion and run-off
  • Reduce the need for mowing and spraying
The gardens occupy some 3,000m² within Ocean Breeze Reserve and feature dozens of rare and endangered fruit trees. It is unlike any other project ever undertaken in the Ballina Shire. It is truly communal, meaning that it is open and available for the enjoyment of all members of the community at all times.

​Garden gatherings are held on Thursdays and Sundays between 8:30am and 11:00am.
Lennox Community Gardens is proud to acknowledge the Nyangbul people of the Bundjalung Nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and tend our gardens. We recognise and appreciate their deep, ongoing connection to this Country and pay our respects to all First Nations elders past, present and emerging. 
"A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It's a man's contribution to the community."

- RICHARDSON WRIGHT